Adolf Hitler's Descent Through Dante's 9 Circles of Hell

Hitler's Arrival in Hell

• 💀 Adolf Hitler awakens in Hell after his suicide on April 30th, 1945, facing the inscription "ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO ENTER HERE!".
• 😈 He is met by Mephistopheles (Mephisto), a demon who will guide him through the Circles of Hell to determine his eternal punishment.
• 🧠 Hitler believes he was a good guy, but Mephisto explains that only unrepentant sinners go to hell, and Hitler regrets losing the war, not his crimes.

The First Circles: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, and Greed

• 🌳 In Limbo (Circle 1), Hitler sees virtuous pagans and the unbaptized, a place kinder than his own atrocities, highlighting his lack of virtue.
• 🌪️ The Lust Circle (Circle 2) punishes those who indulged in lust, with Hitler being tossed by winds and encountering figures like Oskar Dirlewanger, while Mephisto points out Hitler's own questionable relationships.
• 💩 In Gluttony (Circle 3), Hitler is submerged in mud and filth, with Cerberus guarding the circle, and Mephisto notes Hitler's excessive eating habits and the starvation caused by his war.
• 💰 The Greed Circle (Circle 4) forces sinners to push heavy rocks, symbolizing their earthly riches, and Hitler is chained with his own wealth, alongside financiers who supported him.

Middle Circles: Anger, Heresy, and Violence

• 🌊 The Anger Circle (Circle 5) features the River Styx, where the wrathful brawl and the sullen drown; Hitler fights in the muddy waters, realizing his own scapegoating tactics have turned against him.
• 🔥 In Heresy (Circle 6), Hitler is trapped in flaming tombs, punished for not being true to his beliefs and for being a false teacher who misled a nation.
• 🩸 The Violence Circle (Circle 7) has three rings: against neighbors (boiling blood, arrows), against self (transformed into a tree, torn by Harpies), and against God/Art/Nature (raining fire, crematoriums), with millions of victims of Hitler's regime present.

Lower Circles: Fraud and Treachery

• 🐍 The Fraud Circle (Circle 8) includes various punishments: Panderers and Seducers are scourged, Flatterers are submerged in feces (where Goebbels is found), Sorcerers have twisted heads, Barrators are in boiling pitch, Hypocrites wear lead robes, Thieves are attacked by snakes, and Sowers of Discord are hacked by a demon.
• 🧊 In Treachery (Circle 9), Hitler is frozen in ice, encountering Heinrich Himmler, his former ally turned traitor, and Mephisto reminds Hitler of his own betrayals, like the Night of the Long Knives.

The Center of Hell: Satan

• 🥶 At the very bottom, Hitler faces Satan, a gigantic creature with three faces chewing on sinners.
• 🔄 Satan suggests Hitler's punishment could be to move up and down the rings forever, embracing the variety of eternal suffering.